Like slavery and apartheid, poverty is not natural. It is man-made and it can be overcome and eradicated by the actions of human beings.
NELSON MANDELAIt is in your hands to create a better world for all who live in it.
More Nelson Mandela Quotes
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Where you stand depends on where you sit.
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You will achieve more in this world through acts of mercy than you will through acts of retribution.
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Great peacemakers are all people of integrity, of honesty, but humility.
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A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
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There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return.
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Our single most important challenge is therefore to help establish a social order in which the freedom of the individual will truly mean the freedom of the individual.
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Forgiveness liberates the soul. It removes fear. That is why it is such a powerful weapon.
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What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.
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I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.
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A winner is a dreamer who never gives up
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Great anger and violence can never build a nation.
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There is no passion to be found playing small – in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.
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A leader is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind.
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The day I am afraid to do, that is the day I am no longer fit to lead.
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